Ice creeper



De. 2, 1947. T. GERSHAK 2,431,748

ICE CREEPER Filed March 29, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 3 IN N INVENTOR.

TON Y G E R S H A K 'ATTD RNEYS Dec. 2, 1947. T. GERSHAK 2,431,743

' ICE CREEPER' Filed March 29, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VENTOR,

" TONY GERSHAK ATTCI R N EYE Patented Dec. 2, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE ICE CREEPER Tony Gershak, Karns City, Pa.

Application March 29, 194.6, Serial No. 658,157

1 Claim.

This invention relates to ice creepers for attachment to any size bootor shoe and the main object of the invention is to provide a creeperhaving a removable spur plate which can be easily replaced when desiredby the use of only one hand.

Another object of the invention is to provide a creeper that is simplein construction, durable and efficient in use and operation and can bemanufactured at a nominal cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists of the novel details of construction, arrangement andcombination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe with an embodiment of theinvention attached thereto at the ball thereof.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the creeper.

Figure 3 is a front view thereof.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan View.

Figure 5 is a sectional View on the line 55 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a top plan view similar to Figure 2 with the strap retainingplate in position for removal thereof.

Figure 8 is a bottom view similar to Figure 4 showing the spur platebeing removed and Figure 9 is a side elevation of a shoe showing thedevice attached to the shank thereof.

Referring more in detail to the drawings the numeral l designates thecreeper plate which is provided with the inclined strap retainingportion [2 and a section l4 of a strap I 6 is looped through anelongated slot ill in the portion l2 and secured to itself at 20 in anywell known manner.

Extending longitudinally of the plate I0 is a slot 22 having circularopenings 24 at the ends and center thereof to receive the flat portionof the rivet 28 that is provided with a head 26 and which is secured tothe adjustable strap retaining plate 30 having the strap retainingportion 32 and the section 34 of the strap 16 is looped through anelongated slot 36 in the portion 32 and secured to itself at 38 in anywell known manner.

Secured to the plate I0 in relatively spaced relation to each otheralong the longitudinal edges thereof are the rivets 40 having the heads42 spaced from the plate I!) to receive the removable spur plate 44.

2 The plate 44 is provided with relatively spaced longitudinallyextending spurs 46 and a notch 48 in one longitudinal edge thereof toreceive the spring latch 50 secured to the plate In by a fastener 52.

As shown in Figure 1 only one strap is necessary to retain the creeperon the ball of the shoe but in Figure 9 two straps l6 and 54 are used toretain the creeper on the shank of the shoe.

There has thus been provided a creeper having a removable spur platethat can be removed as desired when entering the house or walking oversurfaces where a creeper is not necessary and when the creeper isdesired to be used again, the spur plate can be replaced.

It is believed that the operation and construction of the device will beobvious to those skilled in the art and it is to be understood thatchanges in the details of construction, arrangement and combination ofparts may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit of theinvention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Let- 25 ters Patent is:

A device of the character described, comprising a creeper plate, anadjustable strap retaining plate on said creeper plate, means on saidcreeper plate and said strap retaining plate for retaining said creeperon a shoe, a removable spur plate having spurs thereon mounted on saidcreeper plate and a spring pressed latch for retaining the spur plateupon the creeper plate.

TONY GERSHAK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,089,136 Rosine Aug. 3, 1937836,964 Edwards Nov. 27, 1906 1,767,427 Barnes June 24, 1930 1,275,917Herman Aug. 13, 1918 1,354,073 Schemel Sept. 28, 1920 1,277,135 SchemelAug. 27, 1918 2,162,175 Klitsch June 13, 1939 5 FOREIGN PATENTS NumberCountry Date 40,621 Norway Dec. 22, 1924

